For more details, tips, and sample documents, join the Blackboard Community associated with these workshops:
“Fellowships and Funding for Graduate School.”
Click the Community tab, type “fellowships” in the organization search window, when the search results appear, click “grad_funding.” Page right and click “enroll” in the far right column.

Co-developers and Facilitators:
Frances Carter, Ph.D. Student, Public Policy
Patti Carter, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Patti and Frances are experienced. Both won the prestigious NSF Fellowship. They are two of UMBC’s four graduate student NSF Fellows.

* Timothy Sparklin
Director, Human and Animal Rights Protection Office (HARPO), Administrator for the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
(Please note, all faculty and student research that involves either human or animal subjects, including surveys, must have IRB approval. This is the perfect time to receive information and ask questions.)http://www.umbc.edu/HARPO/

Students are invited to enroll in the PROF-it (Professors-in-training) Blackboard Community for in-depth information and updates on PROF-it.
Click the Community tab, type “PROF-it” in the organization search window, when the search results appear, page down and click “enroll” in the far right column.
ADDITIONAL UMBC-CCBC Teaching Fellows Details: http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewforum.php?f=24

UMBC’s Graduate Students are invited to have lunch with the visiting students
on Friday, Oct. 19 at discipline-specific tables,
and escort the students to their afternoon academic department tours.
Students planning to come to lunch should contact Dr. Lisa Morgan,
Director of Progressions and Academic Services for the Graduate School.limorgan@umbc.edu

Students are invited to enroll in the PROF-it (Professors-in-training) Blackboard course for in-depth information and updates on PROF-it.
Click the Community tab, type “PROF-it” in the organization search window, when the search results appear, page down and click “enroll” in the far right column.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE UMBC-CCBC Graduate Teaching Fellows program: http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewforum.php?f=24

Students are invited to enroll in the PROF-it (Professors-in-training) Blackboard course for in-depth information and updates on PROF-it.
Click the Community tab, type “PROF-it” in the organization search window, when the search results appear, page down and click “enroll” in the far right column.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE UMBC-CCBC Graduate Teaching Fellows program: http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewforum.php?f=24

Entrepreneurship Week at UMBC, Feb. 2008
Grad Students are encouraged to learn and participate!
Business Plan competitions, Financial Credit, and more!

MARCH

PROMISE
This event has been postponed.
Community Building Retreat @ Rocky Gap
Cumberland, Maryland
WEEKEND EVENT
Friday, March 7 – Sunday, March 9, 2008http://www.rockygapresort.com/
This event has been postponed.

PROMISE
Overcoming Isolation in Graduate School
* Special Guest: Dr. Janet C. Rutledge
Sr. Associate Dean of the Graduate School

Representatives (all with graduate degrees) from government,
higher education administration, national labs, and entrepreneurial sectors will host roundtable discussions. Students will have an opportunity to rotate between tables and visit different sectors in a “Speed dating styled” format.
PLEASE REFERENCE THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR DETAILS ON SPEAKERS, SPECIAL GUESTS, AND THE AGENDA FOR THE PROGRAM:http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2670

Words of Wisdom and an Opportunity to Talk with the President
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III
UMBC President, Professor, Mathematics Education, U.S. Presidential Mentoring Award, and many more awards…

Graduate School and GSA
Graduate Research Conference (GRC):
April 28, 2008
(Abstracts due: Feb. 29, 2008)
All UMBC Graduate Students are encouraged to participate.

PROMISE Sites

PROMISE Dissertation House
The Dissertation House project provides a series of retreats, workshops, and seminars that move students from the “All-but-Dissertation” stage to their planned goal, the Ph.D.!